Some freshly hatched Laotriton laoensis

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So i recently hatched out 100+ from my 2.2 group.
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Thanks, i was successful last year as well with these being some of the yearlings

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Hi Nathan.

At what temps do you keep your juveniles? I have a group that I'm having a hard time feeding.
I have tried feeding them everything from, fruitflies, pinhead crickets, wiggling black worms with a toothpick, small meal worms and nothing.
My newt room is about 60f so maybe it's a bit too cold for juveniles?

Please let me know.

Thanks,
Steve
 
I'm keeping mine at room temperature (17/18C) and I'm offering them blood worms on paper towel as a staple, though they're fed pinheads and white worms as well. I'm no expert though since this is the first time I've raised these buggers. I got some eggs from a fellow keeper, so I'm not a breeder. I'm using the same method for raising them terrestrial as the breeder I got them from does.
 
Last night I realized how important it is to keep them at around 70f. Two hours after moving them to a warmer room they immediately accepted black worms. I have been trying to feed them for about a month without any success.
Things are looking good now.

Steve
 
steven1969s said:
Hi Nathan.

At what temps do you keep your juveniles? I have a group that I'm having a hard time feeding.
I have tried feeding them everything from, fruitflies, pinhead crickets, wiggling black worms with a toothpick, small meal worms and nothing.
My newt room is about 60f so maybe it's a bit too cold for juveniles?

Please let me know.

Thanks,
Steve
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Hi Steve,

I've tried a few temperatures. They've seemed to do best when the temperature is 70-72f. Over that and they start declining rapidly. Below that they do well but as you have seen, feeding is slowed. If I had to give a target i would recommend 68-70f just because of the effect of over 70 on their skin.
As for feeding mine take all of those readily at 71f right now.

Hope they continue to eat

-Nathan
 
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